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Micro and Nano-Scale Technologies for Cell Mechanics.
Review in Nanobiomedicine. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.
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Who cites it
15 citing papers in PubMed.
- Mechanical memory as a metastatic compass: a comparative framework for understanding organotropism through biophysical priming.Cancer metastasis reviews · 2026Review
- Investigation of Viscoelastic Properties of Macrophage Membrane-Cytoskeleton Induced by Gold Nanorods in Leishmania Infection.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Graphene-integrated mesh electronics with converged multifunctionality for tracking multimodal excitation-contraction dynamics in cardiac microtissues.Nature communications · 2024Article
- Bioinspired two-in-one nanotransistor sensor for the simultaneous measurements of electrical and mechanical cellular responses.Science advances · 2022Article
- Cancer-Nano-Interaction: From Cellular Uptake to Mechanobiological Responses.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Review
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- Manipulation of Axonal Outgrowth via Exogenous Low Forces.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020Review
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- Review: Bioengineering strategies to probe T cell mechanobiology.APL bioengineering · 2018Review
- Hypoxia-enhanced adhesion of red blood cells in microscale flow.Microcirculation (New York, N.Y. : 1994) · 2017Article
- Three-Dimensional Multiscale, Multistable, and Geometrically Diverse Microstructures with Tunable Vibrational Dynamics Assembled by Compressive Buckling.Advanced functional materials · 2017Article
- Emerging point-of-care technologies for sickle cell disease screening and monitoring.Expert review of medical devices · 2016Review
- Anisotropically Stiff 3D Micropillar Niche Induces Extraordinary Cell Alignment and Elongation.Advanced healthcare materials · 2016Article
- A toolbox to explore the mechanics of living embryonic tissues.Seminars in cell & developmental biology · 2016Review
- Micro- and nanodevices integrated with biomolecular probes.Biotechnology advances · 2015Review
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Authors and funding
11 authors.
Funding
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Abstract
Cell mechanics is a multidisciplinary field that bridges cell biology, fundamental mechanics, and micro and nanotechnology, which synergize to help us better understand the intricacies and the complex nature of cells in their native environment. With recent advances in nanotechnology, microfabrication methods and micro-electro-mechanical-systems (MEMS), we are now well situated to tap into the complex micro world of cells. The field that brings biology and MEMS together is known as Biological MEMS (BioMEMS). BioMEMS take advantage of systematic design and fabrication methods to create platforms that allow us to study cells like never before. These new technologies have been rapidly advancing the study of cell mechanics. This review article provides a succinct overview of cell mechanics and comprehensively surveys micro and nano-scale technologies that have been specifically developed for and are relevant to the mechanics of cells. Here we focus on micro and nano-scale technologies, and their applications in biology and medicine, including imaging, single cell analysis, cancer cell mechanics, organ-on-a-chip systems, pathogen detection, implantable devices, neuroscience and neurophysiology. We also provide a perspective on the future directions and challenges of technologies that relate to the mechanics of cells.
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